Description

Hardcover, red cloth in publisher’s dark gray dust-jacket , lettered in red. 112 pages. Introduction by Prof. Robert W. Patch. Illustrated with several woodcuts by Frank W. Harris III and a reproduction of a 15th century map. Signed and inscribed on title-page by illustrator. First edition. An abridgment of Prescott’s famous 19th century portrait of the Spanish Crown, Columbus and the Age of Exploration, recognizing the value and achievement of the author’s historiography, if not all his conclusions. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.